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The Texas Photography Festival partnered with Art Direct Gallery in Cedar Park Texas to highlight America in Focus: The American Experience, Through the Lens of Texas Photography exhibition The exhibit will be on display at the Art Direct Gallery 720 S, Bell Blvd. Building 9A Cedar Park Texas July 1-31,2026.. The photographers in the exhibit include; Tiffany Hofeldt, Amy Jasek, Kathy Adams Clark, Dennis Kelley, Earl Nottingham, Julie Copenhaver and David Valdez. a great time was had by all at the opening reception July 2. Tiffany Hofeldt and Amy Jasek tied for the People's Choice Award. Art Direct is a sponsor of The Texas Photography Festival. Thanks to the Williamson Museum who joined us at the opening reception along with Judge Steve Snell.                            The Texas Photography Festival, which I founded 7 years ago was a huge success this past weekend. Over 1400 photographers attended our annual festival held the third weekend in March. The Williamson Museum is our host providing us so much support, staff and volunteers. Our KeyNote speaker this year was Dixie Dixon, Nikon Ambassador. She was such an inspiration to so many of our guests in a packed room with people standing in the back and sides. This year we had Featured Photographers including Claire Porter, Julie Chapa, Michael Sinnons, Michael Gonzales, JohnJohn Montelongo, Elena Fontenot, Paul Ayres, and Annabelle Colette. We had many photowalk leaders including Cheyenne Morris, Amy Jasek, Bridget Pink-Yoder, Karen Rileywww., Doug Gephardt, Tricia Zeigler, Dennis Kelley, Kamil Rizvi, Charlie Favret and me. Our Workshops were led by Carol Whitney and Dave Shafer. So many people posted photos. Below are a few samples.                                                                                             Dixie Dixon is an internationally renowned fashion, lifestyle, and commercial advertising photographer and film director based out of Fort Worth, Texas. She travels worldwide working with brands ranging from Disney to Virgin to Elle and has spent the last decade bringing creative visions to life for brands, ad agencies, fashion, and commercial clients. As a Nikon Ambassador of the United States, she brings a wildly positive energy to set that creates a one of a kind experience for her clients. Dixie’s style embodies an idealistic approach to photography and motion work with a touch of soulful realism. ( Website www.dixiedixon.com / Instagram @iamdixiedixon )
The Texas Photography Festival is March 21,2026 in Georgetown,Texas. Join us to hear our Keynote Speaker Dixie Dixon, meet our amazing Featured Photographers, join us on one of several photo walks or attend one of our Workshops. To join a photo walk register at The Williamson Museum 716 S. Austin Ave. Georgetown. You can register for Workshops on the Williamson Museum web site. The Workshops will be held in the Georgetown Art Center, 816 S Main St. Georgetown, Our Keynote Speaker Dixie Dixon will be in the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8th St Georgetown, upstairs in the Library. We are honored to have great sponsors this year including Precision Camera, Westcott Lighting and Art Direct Gallery.  We had a fun and inspirational Light Painting Workshop with Lightworx Studios led by Emily Robinson at her studio in Cedar Park, Texas. Thanks Emily for amazing all who attended.                In partnership with the Williamson Museum and Downtown Georgetown we held a fun photowalk around the Square in Georgetown led by Founder, David Valdez. We had people from as far away as Pennsylvania and from around the Central Texas area. It was fun to see the many different cameras. Several folks used their iPhones as their primary camera but there were all levels of cameras and skills. Stay tuned for more photo walks and workshops coming soon.                                The Texas Photography Festival empowered photographers with a photo walk led by David Valdez during the Williamson Museum Swedish Midsommar celebration at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock Texas June 2025. Photos by: David Valdez                                       |
